Student culture and the contradictions of equality at a Mexican secondary school

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-296

  Levinson, Bradley A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032344519     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.1998.29.3.267     Document Type: Article

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